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Real Madrid have booked their place in the 2024 Champions League final at Wembley, successfully seeing off Bayern Munich with a bonkers late comeback in a tense semi-final second leg at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night.

They will meet Borussia Dortmund in London on Saturday 1 June.

Securing a dramatic 4-3 aggregate victory after two close-range goals from veteran substitute Joselu in the dying minutes, it will be an 18th European Cup final appearance for Madrid as they seek a record-extending 15th title. Carlo Ancelotti is going for European Cup number seven himself – two as a player, four as a manager so far in his illustrious career.

The first leg in Munich a week ago had finished 2-2, with Vinicius Junior scoring a late equaliser from the penalty spot after Bayern had cancelled out the Brazilian’s first half opener through Leroy Sane and Harry Kane to lead 2-1.

On their own patch and with the home fans behind them, Madrid dominated the second leg, only narrowly edging possession but significantly outshooting the German visitors, who had 38-year-old captain Manuel Neuer to thank for keeping them in the tie. But there was nothing to separate the sides for more than an hour until Alphonso Davies, ironically heavily linked with a summer move to Madrid, chose the perfect time for his first ever Champions League goal.

The Canadian was looking for options in the box as he advanced with the ball down the left, before sharply cutting inside and firing an unstoppable drive into the far top corner with his weaker right foot. That lead looked like it only lasted a matter of minutes when Matthijs de Ligt turned the ball into his own net, only for a VAR intervention to spot a push on Joshua Kimmich and rule it out.

But Madrid kept

Carlo Ancelotti Harry Kane Matthijs De-Ligt Bayern Munich Manuel Neuer Alphonso Davies Joshua Kimmich